Shoe for cloven-footed animals.



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UNITED STATES Y Patented July 7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

.BERNHARD BEAN-D, OF BRAILA, ROUMANIA.

SHOE.FOR CLOVEN-iF-ObTED ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Tatent No. 732,998, dated July 7, 1903.

Application filed Octoher 24, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that LBERNHARD BRAND, a subject of the King of Roumania, residing at Braila, Roumania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Shoes for Oloven- Footed Animals; of which the following is a specification.

The subject of the present invention is a device for shoeing cloven-footed animals. I

The characteristic of the invention is that Wearing-surfaces corresponding to .the shape of the hoof are provided with a light encircling portion and have a horizontally-bent edge which can beforced into a corresponding groove upon the hoof.

ing through the hoof. The wearing-surface of the shoe is provided with points or projections.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the shoe embodying my invention. 1

Figure 1 shows an under side View of a hoof to which the shoe has been attached. Fig. 2 gives a view. from above of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, from which can be seen the points or projections attachedto the wearing-surface. Fig. 4 shows a section Fig. 5 shows a section on the line C D of Fig. 2.

The wearing-surface l is formed and curved to correspond with the shape and configuration of the hoof, and it possessesan up Wardlybent edge 2 for a portion of its circumfer- The whole is secured to the hoof by means ofa screw pass- Serial No. 128,607. (No model.)

ence on one side and upon the other side a similar edge 3. One part of the edge 3is bent over, so as to form a horizontal flange4. The wearing-surface of the hoof is provided with a row of projections 5, which may naturally be replaced by another suitable arrangement of points. The securing of the shoe to the hoof is effected by making a groove in the hoof with a small saw to correspond to the flange 4 and then forcing the shoe onto the hoof. boring a hole through the hoof and passing a screw therethrough, which takes into a corresponding screw threaded hole 6 in the wearing-surface of the shoe.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A shoe for cloven-footed animals made of a single piece of thin metal provided with an upwardly-bent outer side to hook over the 'edge of the hoof, and having an inner side bent at its upper edge into a horizontal flange,

said horizontal flange being arranged to spring into a horizontal groove in the hoof when the shoe is forced upon the 'foot, sub stantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

BERNHARD BRAND.

\Vitnesses:

WoLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HASPER.

This securing is made more sure by 

